Fresh Brews: Haitian Bleu And Saving The Coffee Cups

by Mike in Coffee News

Starbucks made the most headlines this week, by increasing their profits and raising their prices, but there’s a lot more going on in the coffee world then what’s happening inside their stores.

Coffee News

Purchasing Haitian Bleu coffee one way to support Haiti
Action Line: Missing: Haitian Bleu coffee
One way that you can help Haiti over the long term is to buy Haitian Bleu, which is their flagship of coffee. Also, check out this post for a listing of coffee companies raising money for Haitian relief.

Starbucks Rallies, Sets Sights Overseas
McDonald’s who? After closing hundreds of stores, laying of thousands of employees and tweaking the menu, Starbucks tripled their profits last quarter.

Starbucks Raises Prices on Most Drinks
And this is how Starbucks is going to be increasing their profits even more this quarter. They increased the price of just about every drink except the regular coffees. Have you noticed the price changes?

Sexpresso Ordinance Coming?
A week can’t go by without a story on the bikini coffee shops. Plus, this one had the word sexpresso in it, which makes me think the headline writers were just having a little bit too much fun.

Coffee Blogs

Dear Coffee Save the cups!
This week, BWJ highlights a new program called Save The Cups. The video is a parody on Save The Children, but the goal of the site, to reduce coffee cup waste is real.

Starbucks Melody Collecting Starbucks City Mugs!
Melody shares her collection of Starbucks mugs from various locations across the country. Just this week Cate from Gifts.TV gave me handful of city mugs from Starbucks to giveaway on this blog. Look for that giveaway in the near future.

Coffee Detective Thermal Coffeemakers: Are they Worth It?
After testing out the Zojirushi Fresh Brew coffeemaker that has a thermal carafe, I’ve become a fan of the non-glass carafes. Each has it’s own benefits and drawbacks. Check out the Coffee Detective’s answer.

Stiletto Sports 32 NFL Team Inspired Burger Recipes for Football Parties
Slightly off topic, but one hundred percent delicious. I wouldn’t mind having just about any of these burgers to munch on during today’s games. Plus they include a recipe from a certain blog that you might have heard of before – Daily Shot Of Coffee.

Photo by alvarolg.

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{ 11 comments }

Jason Coffee January 24, 2010 at 1:09 pm

let’s of good stories this week. thanks for the share.

Mike January 24, 2010 at 1:26 pm

Thanks!

Melody January 24, 2010 at 1:24 pm

Hey that is so cool that you’ll soon be giving out some Starbucks coffee mugs as prizes! I will keep my eyes and ears on your site waiting for the contest. As always, thank you for the blog round up, and the blog mention too!
.-= Melody´s last blog ..Collecting Starbucks City Mugs! [Open Thread] =-.

Mike January 24, 2010 at 1:27 pm

As soon as I saw your post show up in my reader, I was thought what a coincidence!

Karen @ Blazing Minds January 24, 2010 at 3:31 pm

I say there Mike, that’s a tasty looking drink in the picture, forget the view in the background ;) Mind you saying that, it does help…
.-= Karen @ Blazing Minds´s last blog ..Project 365 Photo A Day: It’s Cappuccino Time! =-.

Mike January 25, 2010 at 6:02 pm

I wish it was a picture that I took. Someday soon, hopefully I’ll be able to blog and sip coffee from places like that.

Extreme John January 24, 2010 at 9:24 pm

I have to give you props Mike for getting involved and keeping the information coming through about the various ways that you can help Haiti while still enjoying coffee ;)
.-= Extreme John´s last blog ..Indianapolis Colts AFC Champions =-.

Mike January 25, 2010 at 6:02 pm

That’s what I’m here for!

Caleb @ Save the Cups January 25, 2010 at 1:06 pm

Thanks for featuring us! Just added your site to my Reader. Looking forward to more ‘daily shots of coffee’.

Mike January 25, 2010 at 6:02 pm

My pleasure, let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.

ChelleWrites January 25, 2010 at 7:20 pm

Hi Mike!

I certainly noticed the price increase. My tea went up 40 cents. But, they also switched to loose leaf, at least here in California. We’ll see if they made the switch when I go back home to Kentucky. I don’t like the increase in price, but I must say that I do like the loose leaf. MUCH better taste!

~Chelle
.-= ChelleWrites´s last blog ..The List… Or a fun and charming way to extract info about your guy :-) =-.

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